First Intifada

The First Intifada occurred from 8 December 1987 to 13 September 1993 when the people of Palestine launched widespread uprisings against Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and carried out terrorist attacks within Israel proper. The intifada ended in 1993 when the Palestinian Authority was established and the PLO recognized the state of Israel, a major success for advocates of a "two-state solution".

Background
After the Six-Day War of 1967, Israel occupied the Jordanian-occupied West Bank and the Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip, respectively. This led to thousands of Palestinian Arabs falling under Israeli occupation. The Jewish settlement of formerly Palestinian areas, the expulsion of Palestinians from their homes, widespread poverty among Israeli Arabs, and rising nationalist sentiment led to the empowerment of Palestinian guerrilla organizations such as Fatah, the PFLP, the DFLP, and the Black September Organization. The PLO and its allies carried out a series of terrorist attacks against the Israelis from Jordan (until 1971) and from Lebanon, leading to Israeli invasions of Lebanon in 1978 and 1982.